Malick's The New World

[tylerrad]

The New World: Extended Edition is finally being released on Blu-ray. This has been my most anticipated release for Blu-ray since the title was announced for DVD last summer. I'm unbelievably excited. And from a video and audio quality perspective, this easily has the potential to be a reference level disc, supposing Warner goes for BD50 (Lubezki was nominated for a cinematography Oscar for his work on the film). Now all I -- and the rest the Malick loving Blu-ray community -- must do is wait 4 months for it to drop!

And to the uninitiated and unappreciative guy who lumped TNW in with the rest of the mediocre catalog titles being released alongside it (see: 10 catalog titles from Warner Bros(talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel), rent this film.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-N...-Blu-ray/5573/

[Riff Magnum]

I figured Badlands would be his first bluray to be released. It's my favorite of his anyways.

[RoboDan]

I too have been greatly anticipating this release on Blu! I've yet to see the longer cut of the film, but I agree that the cinematography alone is more than enough to recommend this to anyone. Doesn't hurt that much of the film was shot on 65 mm stock. I'm not sure why this film gets such a bad wrap.

[Riff Magnum]

Well, i know that Collin Farrell kept me away from this movie for a loooong time.

[SquidPuppet]

Not to stir the pot, but this movie bored me to death. I was very eager in the months approaching its theatrical release, then snoozed. It certainly has the potential to look and sound great.

[Riff Magnum]

Yeah, definitely not his best by any stretch. That damn Dubliner is so annoying to me.

[Russell_L]

I won't be happy until 'Days of Heaven' is out on Blu! Criterion, are you listening?

[Bruce Morrison]

Originally Posted by Russell_L

I won't be happy until 'Days of Heaven' is out on Blu! Criterion, are you listening?

Although Criterion subsequently released DOH on DVD after Paramount's original DVD, Paramount may still have the BD distribution rights.

[space-monkey]

Do we know if it will include the theatrical cut? I'm not a big fan of extended editions generally, they always seem to include things that were cut for a good reason.

Now, director's cuts, that's different, normally. Especially if it's Ridley Scott, for instance.

But with extended cuts, just for the sake of more, they tend to be worse.

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

That damn Dubliner is so annoying to me.

Watch it.........

[jkwest]

Looking forward to what The Tree of Life is going to bring...

[Russell_L]

Originally Posted by Bruce Morrison

Although Criterion subsequently released DOH on DVD after Paramount's original DVD, Paramount may still have the BD distribution rights.

I was afraid that might be the case. Now wouldn't it be great if Criterion were to co-produce a Blu release of DOH with Paramount, just like they did for 'Benjamin Button'?

[Ken Brown]

I can certainly understand why some people loathe 'The New World,' but I adore it. I can't wait to review it come September!

[broganreynik]

The cinematography in this movie alone is worth the buy, hopefully Warner doesn't screw it up. Now if we can get Fox to release 'The Thin Red Line'.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Ken Brown

I can certainly understand why some people loathe 'The New World,' but I adore it. I can't wait to review it come September!

You know whats odd.... I actually prefer long, slow, meditative movies. But for some reason this didnt work for me. I kept trying to like it, but left the theater underwhelmed.

[Knight-Errant]

Originally Posted by space-monkey

Do we know if it will include the theatrical cut? I'm not a big fan of extended editions generally, they always seem to include things that were cut for a good reason.

Now, director's cuts, that's different, normally. Especially if it's Ridley Scott, for instance.

But with extended cuts, just for the sake of more, they tend to be worse.

Yeah since the labelling of cuts is not always reliable, do we know which this is? A director's cut or just an extended one?

[pdw1968]

Originally Posted by Russell_L

I won't be happy until 'Days of Heaven' is out on Blu! Criterion, are you listening?

Amen! Days of Heaven is one of my most eagerly-awaited titles.

[tylerrad]

The extended cut is, as far as I know, Malick's preferred version. I've heard that it was written into his contract that he would be able to release on DVD a new cut if the theatrical cut (which he was on a deadline to produce) didn't accurately represent his vision.

So, I don't think this is just Warner/New Line tossing in some new scenes.

[Seretur]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

You know whats odd.... I actually prefer long, slow, meditative movies. But for some reason this didnt work for me. I kept trying to like it, but left the theater underwhelmed.

Seriously, give the extended cut a chance. It is a stronger film than what was released in theaters (see above!) and is one of the unsung gems of the decade. Plus, how many truly visionary directors do we have left, anyway?

Also, the preorder is so very affordable right now. It's only kinda sad that it's Warner and not New Line releasing it, not anymore, since those guys might to a bitstarved A/V encode, but other than that--yeah, hosanna, Malick on Blu!

This is such a must for me.

[tylerrad]

Only a little while more now. Still no info on whether it's a BD25 or BD50, though; hopefully the latter